How Much Chocolate Can Make a Dog Sick?

Answer

The amount of chocolate needed to make a dog sick depends on the size and type of the dog and the purity of the chocolate. A large Labrador retriever can sometimes eat a milk chocolate bar with no visible problems, but a single square of dark chocolate can make a poodle deathly ill. The purer the chocolate, the worse it is for your pooch and no amount of chocolate of any sort is safe for any dog.

Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste or in a block...